Shift Work ʃɪft I Extra Examples Night Noun

• to work a shift
• i've just finished an eight-hour shift.
• working in shifts
• to be on the day/night shift at the factory

shift

1. a period of time worked by a group of workers who start work as another group finishes
• SEE ALSO graveyard shift
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/graveyard-shift
• to work a shift
• I've just finished an eight-hour shift.
• working in shifts
• to be on the day/night shift at the factory
• shift workers/work

Extra Examples

• He works the night shift.
• I agreed to work double shifts for a few weeks.
• I didn't realize that I'd have to work shifts.
• I'm doing the early shift this week.
• It was 8 a.m. and the nurses were changing shifts.
• My husband changed his shifts from afternoons to nights.
• The clinic is staffed by ten doctors who work in shifts.
• The shift change took place at 10 p.m.
• They'd altered his shift pattern twice in the past fortnight.
2. the workers who work a particular shift
• The night shift has/have just come off duty.

Extra Examples

• The drama began at 5.15 am as the day shift was going on duty.
• Most of the night shift had already left.
• As I left the next shift was settling in for the day.
3. a change in opinion, mood, policy, etc.
• SEE ALSO paradigm shift
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/paradigm-shift
• The minister's recent announcement represents a major policy shift.
• a sudden shift to the right in British politics
• Does the government's condemnation of the regime signal a shift in policy?
• a dramatic shift in public opinion
• The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.
• Over the last ten years there has been a fundamental shift in the way we do business.
• a shift of emphasis
• With the shift of power in the Senate, the bill's fate is in doubt.
• A gradual shift towards renewable energy would mean reduced carbon emissions.
• In developed countries there has been a shift from manufacturing to services.

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• There was a gradual shift in the population away from the countryside to the towns.
• I detected a subtle shift towards our point of view.
• The industry has undergone a fundamental shift in recent years.
• The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.
• There has been a major shift in the public's taste.
• These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade.
• These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
• a shift towards part-time farming
• the shift away from direct taxation
4. the system on a computer keyboard or typewriter that allows capital letters or a different set of characters to be typed; the key that operates this system
5. a woman’s simple straight dress
6. a simple straight piece of clothing worn by women in the past as underwear